Coin wrapper holding and loading device



Feb. 4, 1964 A. M. FERRELL COIN WRAPPER HOLDING AND LOADING DEVICE 2Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 7. 1961 Allen M Ferrell INVEN TOR.

BY nu pulley fi flaam Feb. 4, 1964 A. M. FERRELL 3,120,235

COIN WRAPPER HOLDING AND LOADING DEVICE Filed Sept. 7, 1961 Fig, 4

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig-5 22 Allen M. Ferrell INVENTOR.

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United States Patent M 3,120,235 COIN WRAFPER HQLDZNG AND LOADING DEVICEAllen M. Ferrell, 1028 Luray Ave, Fort Myers, Fla. Filed Sept. 7, 1951,Ser. No. 136,472 8 Claims. (Cl. 133-8) This invention relates to animproved portable device through the medium of which a user thereof mayconveniently and expeditiously position and temporarily hold aconventional-type coin wrapper and load the same with coins such aspennies, nickels, dimes or quarters, as the case may be.

Persons conversant with this line of endeavor are aware that many andvaried coin handling contrivances and special devices of one type oranother have been devised and used. They are commonly referred to ascoin counters, coin assembling and packaging devices and so on andusually involve a funnel cooperatively aligned with a tube or sleeve,valving means or the like and they are designed to fill up or load thewrapper with coins. An objective in the instant matter is to advance theart and in so doing, to provide :a structurally unique device whichbetter and more efiectively serves the ends desired.

One improvement has to do with a simple vertical tube having a valvedintake end registering with a coin delivering end of a funnel-typehopper which when charged with coins empties the same by gravity intothe tube. This step is accomplished by manual regulation of the valve.The tube has a readily applicable and removable closing cap at its lowerend which when removed allows the paper wrapper to be inserted into thetube in a manner to capture the coins, and then, after being loaded withthe stack of coins, removed and the ends folded, as usual, to retain thecoins in a generally well-known manner.

A second improvement has to do with the adoption and use of anopen-ended tube, that is, a tube which is such in construction that itfunctions to receive the insertable and removable coin wrapper andfunctions in conjunction with the wrapper to stack the coins andthereafter permit the surplus end portions of the wrapper to be foldedand to thus complete the package for practical and convenient handling.

More specifically the invention pertains to a coin wrapper positioning,holding and coin loading device which is characterized by an elongatedopen-ended tube which is designed and adapted for reception of a coinwrapper. This tube is lined temporarily with a readily insertable andremovable wrapper and the latter fillable with a stack of like coins ofpredetermined denomination, said tube being of a crosssection and lengthto fittingly accommodate the wrapper being used. Closure means isprovided for the respective ends of said tube, support means for saidtube, and hopper means for funneling and delivering the coins to theintake end of said tube and loading the wrapper with coins.

More in particular the aforementioned support means is portable andinvertable, the hopper means being embodied therein. The support meansis characterized by at least one compartment in which the hopper meansis enclosed, said compartment being unique in that it has a slidinglymounted cover or lid which is readily openable and closable, there beinga pocket-like receiver built in the support means for temporarilystoring the lid in an out-of-the-way position when it is not being used.

In carrying out a preferred embodiment of the inven tion the supportmeans comprises a simple and expedient box-like enclosure, saidenclosure having an upper end which is equipped with the aforementionedclosing lid. The normal lower end of the enclosure is constantly open.The intermediate portion of the space in the enclosure 3,120,235Patented Feb. 4, 1964 is provided with a novel arrangement ofcooperating partitions which function to support the hopper and tube andhave a space between themselves in which a pivoted valve plate orshutter is confined in a manner to open the hopper to funnel coins intothe tube and to close communication between the hopper and tube when thecoin stacking removing and wrapper-packaging step is to be undertaken.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accorm panying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a coin wrapper holding and loadingdevice embodying the invention and showing the lid or cover open andstored for convenient handling;

FIGURE 2 is a bottom plan View of the device;

FIGURES 3 and 4 are sections at right angles to each other taken on thesection lines 33 and 44, respectively, of FIGURE 1 looking in thedirection of the arrows;

FIGURE 5 is a view in section similar to FIGURE 4 andshowing the valvingdisk or shutter closed and also the sliding cover or lid closed;

FIGURE 6 is a view based on and similar to FIGURE 5 but showing thedevice inverted or turned upside down to facilitate inserting andthereafter removing the paper coin wrapper, that is after the coins havebeen loaded or stacked in the wrapper;

FIGURE 7 is a horizontal sectional vie-w on the plane of the line 7-7 ofFIGURE 4; and

FIGURE 8 is a view in perspective showing the wrapper and coins inready-to-use package form.

With reference now to the views of the drawings and replying first toFIGURE 1 the aforementioned support means or enclosure is denoted, as anentity, by the numeral 10. While this support means may be of a specificconstruction other than that disclosed, it has been found that a simplesubstantially recbantgular box of suitable material, size and weightWill do. This box comprises an open-ended adaptation embodying a frontwall 12, opposed parallel back or rear wall 14 and side walls 16. Itwill be noted that the upper portion of the front wall is provided witha horizontal slot 18 which serves to accommodate the insertable andremovable sliding lid or cover 20. The slot 18 communicates andregisters with suitable guide tracks or channels 22 at the upper ends ofthe side walls 16. The median portion of the front wall 12 is alsoprovided with a second slot 24 which serves a purpose to be laterdescribed. Mounted on the interior of the rear wall is a fiat plate orpanel 26 Whose upper end terminates on a level below the upper edge ofthe wall 14 and also the guide tracks 22. By placing a filler strip 28(see FIG. 3) between the bottom of the panel 26 and the wall 14 in amanner to space the panel from the wall 14 a pocket-like receiver isprovided and it is in this receiver that the insertable slidably mountedcover or lid 20 is storedwhen not in use. It will be noted in thisconnection that the cover is shown in stored position in FIGS. 1 to 4,inclusive. It is shown in its useful covering position in FIGS. 5 and 6in particular. One side of the cover is provided with a finger recess orniche as denoted at 30 to facilitate handling the cover. With referencenow to FIGS. 3 to 6 it will be noted that a first horizontal partitionor divider 32 is fixed between the open top and bottom portions of thebox and serves to convert the upper portion of the box into an upperchamber or compartment 34. A similar divider 36 is mounted below thedivider 32 and these two parts are spaced by fixed spacing strips 38. Itis in this space that the'major portion of the disk-like shutter orvalving plate 40 is operatively arranged. The disk is centrally pivotedand held in place as at 42. A marginal segment portion of the diskprojects through and beyond the slot 24 in the manner shown where it isavailable to be caught hold of and operated. More particularly, aprojecting marginal portion is provided with an upstanding l-ugconstituting a suitable operating member 44. Referring now to FIGURE 7it will be seen that that portion of the valving disk which is withinthe confines of the space of the box has a marginal cutout or notch 46defining stop shoulders 48 and 59 which engage the fixed stop member 52and thus limit the rotational movement of the shutter or disk. This diskis provided between the shoulders and eccentrically with a coin hole 54which is registrable with a hole 56 in the partition 32 and a companionhole 58 in the partition 36 (FIGS. 3 and 4 for example).

Attention is now directed to the means which collects and funnels thecoins from the compartment 34 to the registering holes or openings 54,56 and 58. The means comprises a suitable hopper 60 the discharge mouth62 registering with the hole 56.

Attention is now directed to the aforementioned tube 64. This tube is ofdesired length and the bore thereof is of a cross-section toaccommodatingly receive the coins. This tube is said to be open at itsintake end as at 66, the latter being suitably attached to the partition36 in alignment with the holes 56 and 58. The lower (normally lower) endof the tube is denoted at 67 and is temporarily closed by afriction-held readily attachable and detachable closing cap 68, thelatter provided onits margin or at one side with a suitable lugconstituting a fingergrip 70. The capped tube is confined in the spaceor compartment 72 which may be called the lower compartment.

The mode of handling and using the overall device may, and perhaps will,vary. This is to say, different persons using the device might do sosuccessfully in one manner or another. For instance, some persons mightfirst count out coins then place the counted coins in the hopper 60.Others might simply load the hopper with coins and permit the stackingand counting result to be attained by way of the wrapper positioning andholding tube 64. In any event, in order to place coins in the box, morespecifically the hopper, the valve plate or shutter will be adjusted toassume the closed position seen in FIG. 5. The open position isillustrated in FIGS. 3, 4, and 7, the closed position being shown inFIGS. and 6. The open position is indicated when the fingergn'p 44assumes the position at the right in FIG. 7 which means that theshoulder 59 has engaged the fixed stop 52. The fact that it is intendedto make the device of transparent'plastic material enables the user tosee the component parts and to be able to use the same conveniently andsystematically.

In FIG. 4 the valve is shown open which means that the several holes 54,56 and 58 are in registration with each other thus allowing the coins inthe hopper (not shown) to gravitate from the hopper and to pass throughthese several holes and load themselves in stacked position in the boreof the tube and, of course, with the closing cap 68 closed. Severalcoins are shown loaded in the tube in FIG. 4 with the cover removed. InFIG. 5 the complete stack of coins has been discharged from the hopperinto the tube, before the wrapper A is inserted. At this time the valveplate or shutter is, of course, closed and the lid or cover has beenplaced in closed position. This arrangement of the parts enables thedevice to-be turned upside down as shown in FIG. 6 andsince thecross-section of the bore of the tube is slightly greater than thecross-section of the coins, the sleeve-type wrapper is inserted in thebore and surrounds the coins. To do this it is necessary, of course,toremove the normally applied cap 68. If there happens to be excesscoins in the hopper (not shown) they would be trapped by the closedcover or lid (PEG. 6). Now, by turning the box back to its normalupright position the wrapped coins can be removed. In doing this it isdesirable to fold the surplus end of the wrapper as is evident in FIG. 6after which the partially closed and loaded wrapper can be withdrawnfrom the tube and the other end folded and wrapped. As stated thisconstitutes one method of using the invention. Other equivalentprocedures may be resorted to if desired.

It is within the purview of the concept to make one device for pennies,another for nickels and so on; or, to provide detachable interchangeablewrapper tubes (not shown) as requirements of commercialization may ormay not require.

It is believed that a careful consideration of the specifi cation inconjunction with the views of the drawings and the accompanying claimswill enable the reader to obtain a clear and comprehensive understandingof the subject matter of the invention, the features and advantages, anda mode of using the same. Therefore, a more extended description isbelieved to be unnecessary.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, itis not desired to limit theinvention to the exact construction and operation shown and described,and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may beresorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A coin loading device comprising, in combination, an elongatedopen-ended coin stacking tube for reception of a coin wrapper, said tubebeing rigid and adapted to be lined temporarily with a readilyinsertable and removable wrapper which is fillable with a stack of likecoins of predetermined denomination, said tube being of a crosssectionand length to fittingly accommodate the wrappr which is being used,normally closed openable and closable closure means for the respectiveends of said tube, support means for said tube, and hopper means forfunneling and delivering the coins to the intake end of said tube andloading the same with coins, said support means being portable andinvertable, said support means having a walled compartment With anopena-ble and closable side,

compartment and having an intake aligned with said open- ;able andclosable side.

2. A coin wrapper holding, coin stacking device comprising an open-endedcylindrical tube of predetermined length having a bore of across-section suitable for coins of a predetermined denomination,manually controllable normally closable valving means coopera-ble withthe intake end of the tube, a coin collecting and feeding hopper havinga restricted coin-guiding and tube-loading end in fixed registrablealignment with said intake end, a readily attachable and detachableclosure for the discharge end of said tube, said valving meanscomprising a shutter rotatably mounted and having a coin-passing holetherein alignable at will with the coacting ends of the tube and hopperand selectively movable in a limited space provided therefor.

3. The structure defined in claim 2, and in combination, support meansfor the tube, v alving means, hopper and closure, considered as anassemblage, said support means comprising an enclosure, being portableand invert-able.

4. For use in counting and loading and columniz-ing coins in aconventional-type sleeve-like paper wrapper; a wrapper positioning \andholding device comprising a box open at opposite ends, a cover slidinglyand removably mounted at one end and serving to open and close a holdingtube located in the box and having a valved intake end in alignment withthe discharge end of the hopper, said tube provided at its other endwith a closing cap, said box being provided on a predetermined sidethereof with a pocket-like receiver having one end open for removablystoring the cover when it is momentarily out of use.

5. The structure defined in claim 4, and wherein said box is providedinteriorly and intermediate said open ends with partitions dividing thespace into an upper compartment and a lower compartment, said hopperbeing confined in the upper compartment, said tube being confined in thelower compartment, said cover comprising a lid and bein mounted in guidetracks provided therefor at the top of the upper compartment, saidpartitions being disposed in spaced parallel relationship, said valvedend embodying a shutter valve pivoted for operation in the space betweensaid partitions.

6. For use in counting and loading a plurality of like coins in aconventional type paper or equivalent wrapper, a coin columnizing andstacking device comprising, in combination, a box having oppositelydisposed open ends, a pair of spaced parallel partitions located intemediate the open ends of said box and marginally fixed to wall portionsof the box and dividing the interior space of the box into an uppercompartment and a lower compartment, a hopper fixedly mounted in saidbox and confined in the upper compartment and adapted to collect andfeed coins toward the uppermost panition, the latter being provided witha coin passage hole and the discharge end of said hopper registeringwith said hole, the lowermost partition being likewise provided with acoin hole which is aligned with the coin hole in the uppermostpartition, said partitions being spaced apart a predetermined distance,a shutter valve interposed between the partitions and confined primarilyfor operation in the space therebetween, said shutter valve having asegmental portion projecting accessibly through a slot in a wall of saidbox, said shutter having a coin hole which is selectively registrablewith the holes in said partition, means for restrictin-g the rotarymotion of said shutter in a manner to bring the hole of the shutter intoalignment with the coin holes of the partition whenever necessary ordesired, a Wrapper receiving and holding tube located in the lowercompartment and having an intake end in alignment with the coin hole inthe adjacent lowermost partition, said tube being provided at a lowerend thereof with a readily applicable and removable closing cap.

7. The structure defined in claim 6 wherein said upper compartment isprovided adjacent an open end of the box with guide tracks, one wall ofsaid box being provided with a cover accommodating slot registering withsaid guide tracks, a cover aligned with said slots and slidingly mountedin said guide tracks, said cover serving when in closed position tocompletely close the otherwise open end of said upper compartment.

8. The structure defined in claim 7 and wherein said box is provided ona predetermined interior side of one wall thereof with a pocket-likereceiver parallel to said wall, said receiver being closed at the bottomand open at the top and bein of a size and construction to permit saidcover to be telescopingly and removably stored in the pocket when thecover is not being used.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNETED STATES PATENTS961,832 Ayres June 21, 1910 2,119,897 Wahl June 7, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS59,859 Austria June 25, 1913

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